//------------------------------// // Season three: Chapter Twentytwo: Claw and Sun Sparkle Elements life arc // Story: Project Harmony One. // by Megaskullmon //------------------------------// Deep in the new castle that recently just finished getting built. Deep in the new jail, an alicorn mare chained to the floor of the pit. Standing outside of the cell Queen Luna. Twilight the one in jail looked like she wasn't beaten or hurt. From the looks of it, she has been treated very well. Standing beside Luna is Spike who recently came back from his travels with Ember and the other dragons. "Hello, Twilight," Spike spoke softly holding onto the bars of the cell staring at his friend. She looked up to Spike, her eyes filled with tears. "Spike..." She tries to stand but the chains to keep her from moving. Spike looks up to Luna. "Open the cell please.." Luna looks down at him sighing to her this ain't the best of ideas. But maybe it's something that Twilight needs. Using the keys she unlocks the door opening it up allowing Spike to go inside. He walks to her but just enough so she can't get to him. "I have much to say to you Twilight." He looks more teenage like now. It seems since he left Twilight he started to finally grow up. Deep in his heart, though he still cares deeply for the mare. She is the one who hatched him and raised him after all. Twilight has tears fall from her eyes. "You sent me away. Like that door showed when we fought Sombra. You killed Rainbow Dash you did so much to cause Trixie’s death. Because of you, Starlight is what she is now. Equis from what I have learned is falling apart because of what you have done." "Spike.." She tries to say but he blocked her from saying anything. "No, I am not done. You hurt so many around us you turned Canterlot into a pit of hell. You allow ponies to get away with murder. You hurt so many and you kept saying that you were under the control of Disharmony I wonder how many of it really happen and how much of it was you." She didn't say a word deep down she felt he was right to be this upset at her. She looked up to him and she had a ring on her horn again. It's the old ring that Tempest gave her so long ago. "I see you have made up with Tempest and married her again? She forgave you for what you did to her and your daughter? She shouldn't have she.." Twilight started sobbing. "Spike I didn't wish to do all that. Stress wanting to protect the world from Disharmony and the creatures in the gate. I wanted to.. follow in the hoof steps of Celestia." She sobs harder, not sure what to say. Spike just watches with no emotions. "You should have thought of that before you kill Rainbow Dash and then before you killed Zecora. I saw what you did to her. What were you thinking?! Twilight we all cared about you loved you." "I think they all still do Spike." He turns looking at Luna his eyes full of anger. "Well, they shouldn't she tossed me away like I was trash. She broke my heart and promised me during our fight with Sombra after the door thing. That it will never come to pass. You promised me you promised me this!!" He grew very angry, his eyes glowing his wings spreading out smoke forming from his nose. "Spike." A gentle hoof is placed on his shoulder. Spike calmed down looking up at Luna. "She loves you still Spike. From what I learned through looking at her memories she did what she did to protect you from Disharmony. Because she knew something bad was coming and she wanted to keep you out of the crossfire." Spike blinks staring at the crying Twilight. "What about that potion she forced me to drink to make me forget her?" Luna sighed. "Spike, she didn't wish you to look for her. She did so many awful things that she felt the only to protect you was by doing that. I understand from your point of view how bad that is. But you need to understand she loves you so much, Spike." Twilight smiled weakly. "I failed to be a mother with my daughter. I am told she will be waking up soon and... I want to talk to her. I want her to be happy. Even if that means never being in her life again. I never told her who her father was. I never told her she is half and half." Spike just stared at her shaking his head. He didn't care about her past. He still loves her so much and it hurts him watching her be this way. He wants to see her happy again. But he doubts that will happen very easily. All he can think of is sitting there talking to her. He sat down in front of her. "Remember when I told you how silly you were before we met the others? I kept telling you that you read too many books." Twilight stares at Spike, a weak smile forming on her face. "Yes, I did agree then that I failed at making friends even then." Spike and Twilight just stared at each other. Spike couldn't stand it anymore he ran to her hugging her tightly sobbing softly. "You promised me to damn it. You promised me that you would never leave me alone." "Sp...ike you're a full-grown dragon now you don't need me. I have ruined your life raising you like a pony and not a dragon. I should have listened to that dragon that came to Ponyville so long ago. I should have let him taken you so you could have grown up." Spike sighed closing his eyes then opening them. He felt awful for what she said. She is right though he would have already been fully grown if she allowed him to be raised by dragons. "Twilight I feel being raised by you was the most amazing adventure in my life. I loved you as my mother Twilight. I still do but what will you do when your daughter wakes. Are you sure she is going to want to see you?" Twilight lifts her head looking at Luna. "I doubt she will be willing to talk to many. She lost her foal after all. Claw is finding a good way to soften the blow. So she doesn't break down and fall into another deep sleep. I doubt though that the element would allow her to fall into another sleep though." Twilight. "Let me go see her.. Let me be there for her. She needs her mother." Spike looks up to Luna. "I feel that might be wise Luna." Luna sighed, closing her eyes stroking her head with her hooves. "I agree even though most of the ponies of this new world forgiven you they haven't forgiven you for everything. I will talk to Cold Tooth about getting more of his kind here so she can be defended." "I agree I like Cold tooth. He treats Butter Berry like a good friend. Heh, he always makes her so red in the face." Spike helps Twilight get her chains removed. It's a slow process. Since it's many chains Luna first though locks them both up in the cell. "I am going to go talk to Cold Tooth you two keep talking." Spike nodded. Twilight stood fully on her hooves and she was finally able to look at Spike eye to eye after all this time. She grew to be just like Celestia now she can stare in his eyes. She feels she needs to finally say it. "Spike I don't think of you as my son. I think of you as my brother. I didn't treat you that well at all and I should have." Spike smirks. "Yes, you should have Twilight. I know it's not easy for you when you go through stuff like this. I'm also sorry for this." With his claw, he taps her metal wing. She blinked looking at her wing. "You did this to me?" Spike nodded. "I kind of had to know you were trying to kill that Silverwing creature. She wanted me to kill you right on the spot. So instead I shot you. I didn't mean to hit you at all. Maybe it was wise to do this since It helps you wake up." Twilight closes her eyes, sighing, shaking her head, opening them back up to stare at him. "Yes Spike you're right I needed it. I may not agree with what you did to me. Maybe it was needed to wake me up. Sadly I hope you never have to do that to me again. I don't want to have to deal with such a thing." "Well if you kept going the path you were going. Rainbow Cloud would have killed you. But she is so weak from what I have been told. Even after the elements gave her what she needed. But from what I have been told when she wakes she will need to go on a journey before the spell is broken." Twilight blinked. "What spell?' "The elements have been forcing her friends to be stuck in a time bubble. They don't see what their friends have done or anything else. It's something that they don't care about. But They all have foals now locked in that spell. Eight Legs is now a pony his Queen helped him turn into one. So he could be with Charity." Twilight sighed taking a deep breath and blew it out. "I see I am starting to wonder if I made a mistake falling in love with War. I loved Tempest so much. She feels our daughter is not ready to talk to me yet. I hurt them both so long ago. Making them both able to live as long as I didn't help anything and my daughter has had many husbands and foals." "Well, the idea of outliving your foals and those that you love is hard for her Twilight I don't fully blame her for that. But I am happy you finally understand how she feels." Twilight chuckled. "Yes I know it's not easy to remember that. I wish I could but I made so many mistakes even with my friends. I almost got Applejack killed then war showed up killing her himself. Then Fluttershy... I don't remember what happened to her at all." Spike nodded and he smiled weakly. "I remember but I feel you should remember since it was your fault. I doubt you will like what you have learned when you do. Now let's get you cleaned up. I am happy Luna left a sponge and water so I can clean your fur." Twilight shook her head. "I will do this myself, Spike." She lifted the sponge stroking the sudsy water all over her body. Feeling every inch of the dirt and dust As well as some blood leaving her body. Before she came here she was beaten by some of the ponies. Even though they forgave her she felt she deserved it she even asked for it. Luna didn't care for the idea but she felt it might help ponies feel better after she did to the station. With a soft sigh, she lifted the bucket dumping all the water over her to clean herself off. Spike held up a mirror giving her a comb so she could comb her fur making sure there were no gnarls or any hair out of place. "Have to make you look good for your son in law and your daughter. Also no they haven't married yet. But I am sure you like the fact that Sun Sparkle fell in love with a Griffin." Twilight smiled weakly. "It wouldn't be my first choice for my little girl. But I am happy she found some pony." Luna returned soon after with Cold Tooth following behind her. "I will do this but if any of the ponies try to take advantage of Butter I will take care of them harshly." Luna nodded. "I will be there in your place Cold Tooth so you don't have to do that." Cold Tooth nodded. "Come along Princess." Spike opened the cell with Twilight behind him and he smiled giving her one last hug. 0000 Cold Tooth led Twilight into town. Many of the ponies stare at Twilight with hatred in their eyes but they stay calm since Cold Tooth is with her. "I don't normally do this Twilight. I am normally protecting Butter Berry since many try to take advantage of her. I don't care about that. The ones that don't are some gal named Shadow and one named Chaser." Twilight frowns. "So Chaser is here too? Then that means she has been sleeping with many around here." Cold tooth shrugs. "I wouldn't know but if that's true she has been pretty busy then." Twilight sighed, closing her eyes remembering her friends in the past. It made her smile and made her happy to know that many ponies' lives are happy. To her, if anypony is happy then she can enjoy that fact. "Cold Tooth, why do you wish to defend ponies? Your species is so warlike what has my kind done to melt your heart." Cold Tooth looked down to Twilight. "I heard Butter Berry sobbing many burns all over her. At first, I thought she was weak then she explained that you placed her in the station to get her away from those that tried to hurt her on Equis. I care deeply for her." He looks over to Butter Berry who has queen Luna standing beside her with a few guards. To some ponies, she is scary right now because all she is giving is a strictly business look most queens give. "Yes but she still got attacked by some ponies from Equis. Some ponies on Equis felt those in space were second rate ponies. They even tried to attack the elements that didn't work so well since most of them never understood why I defended them." Cold Tooth sighed. "Your race sounds just as cruel as my own. I'm happy though you didn't go through much of a civil war. Trying to fight to get y our world back Won't be a civil war. It will be to remove the Disharmony army in your worlds." "I am worried that whoever this Sunset Shimmer is well I doubt she is still alive after what the Commandos did. No pony has heard anything from Equis since then. All I have been told the castle is still in ruins and burning. The entire city just seems to be ready to fall off the mountain if they don't get that fire under control." Cold Tooth gave a quick nod. "I would love to see your world. Oh, and we are almost there." Claw was in front of the tent he was guarding Sun Sparkle since her and Rainbow Cloud are the only ones left." "Um. Claw.." Twilight weakly smiled and Claw stared at her. The griffin didn't seem to be happy to see her but he sighed, shaking his head. "Hello, Twilight. Your daughter is inside slowly starting to wake up. No one has told her about her baby yet. But Luna told me the truth. I sadly can't tell her the truth about the reason that the baby was taken from her." Twilight sighed. "Cold Tooth stay with Claw, please. I need to be alone to speak to my daughter." Cold Tooth nodded and went inside quickly. "Everyone out a queen needs to talk to her daughter alone." After he comes back out many pony nurses and other race doctors along with Dark Weavers come outside to wait. "Thank you." Twilight smiled weakly heading inside. "Hello, mother.." Sun Sparkle sat on her haunches looking at her mother with no smile. "I..." Twilight paused seeing how upset her daughter is with her. She felt the weight of this on her shoulders closing her eyes taking a deep breath. Opening back up not sure how to do this without angering her daughter. "How could you mother?" "What do you mean?" Sun Sparkle stared at her. "I met the one who was named mother. Tempest loved you she still does. I am told you got married again. I am told after the war left you and made you pregnant. She did so much for you and then you turned on her!" Sun Sparkle got off the bed staring at her with angry eyes. "I... I am sorry darling. Um..." "You're sorry? You break so many hearts mother. You try to be like Celestia. But you can't, you can't be Celestia. Tempest even told me about my sister. I want to meet her but she wants nothing to do with you at this time mother. Tempest said she will try to get her to come. But you ruined her life by not allowing her to die from old age mother.” Twilight tried to hold back her tears. "Darling. I" "Don't you dare darling me mother. I can't accept everything that you have done. You sent your army to kill me and my friends. You sent the army to get the station back. When you were so blinded. You could have spoken to me. You could have done it differently." Twilight took a deep breath. "I tried Sun Sparkle I tried. I even was able to beat disharmony for a long time. Then they did something to my helpers and they demanded that I remove Spike and then stop talking to you, my daughter." "Mother, I feel empty. I don't feel my foal in my womb. They won't tell me what happened, maybe you will be truthful to me. Oh, wait it's you I highly doubt that." Twilight felt she deserved that she closed her eyes sighing. "The baby couldn't handle the pain that the army caused you, my daughter. So they had to remove the little from you." Sun Sparkle stared at her and the words hit her so hard she broke out sobbing so loudly. "Sun.." Sun Sparkle lifts her element pistol arming it. "Get out!!!" Twilight's ears go flat slowly backing out. Claw goes in while Cold Tooth takes the mare back to the cell. "Our foal is gone Claw. "She sobbed so hard Claw held the mare close, stroking her with his claws. "I know we can make another one my love. I know that cold is my love." He holds her hoof. "But sadly that's how Griffins handle stuff like this." Sun Sparkle just sobbed hard. After a while, Luna walked into the tent a weak smile across her face. Trying to be kind and respectful for what happen. "Sun Sparkle I got a request." Sun looks up with a frown sighing. "Okay, my Queen what is it?" Luna smiled. "I wish you to build a Security checkpoint on the trade roads. I can lead you to that road and your home can be placed there too. I want you and Claw to lead the Security of new Ponyville until you have to go back to space. Maybe your little ones could take over after they get old enough." Sun Sparkle removes her emotions saluting with her wing. "Yes, my Queen. I shall get married to Claw and we shall make Foals in your honor." Luna smiled looking to Claw. "See that you do." 0000 Months go by Sun Sparkle and Claw create a large home for themselves as well as large checkpoints that cover the entire road. The only way to be able to trade with the town is to go through the checkpoint that is not only a checkpoint but also a home for the two lovers. Something bothers them both Sun knows when this part is done and they have had foals. Rainbow Cloud will go through her journey to become strong, get her own foals, and become strong. But at this moment Claw and she get married Twilight was even allowed to be there. She forgave her mother for everything that she did to her. It wasn't easy but she told her mother that she will be in the lives of these new foals. They will still be half and half Luna starts to see that she shouldn't have stolen the child that Sun Sparkle had before. But now she is raising her on her own. Sun Sparkle has two foals. One that is half Pony and Griffin this name is Shadow. Then she has filly with Griffin wings but that's the only part of her body that is griffin and She names her Sparkle chaser. After all this they are transported to the frozen space in time. Luna and Discord stand there watching the frozen land. Seeing Jigsaw now form right in front of Twilight being the one to marry them. "It seems I allow Twilight to do their marriage may be at the request of Charity to keep the future from falling apart." Discord nodded. "It sounds like it." Sunset Shimmer rushes inside with Starlight Glimmer. "We have an issue. Some strange creature grabbed Rainbow Cloud from her bed and pony napped her." Luna sighed. "Then it starts." The counterpart of Loren from the other world carries Rainbow Cloud to his cavern. He is one of the bat races but the first one. Rainbow opens her eyes for just a second. "Who are you? What do you want?" She asked. Then he looked down at her. He turned into a strange glowing orb. "What are you? What do you want?" The orb asked. Rainbow Cloud passed out. It has come full circle as it did in the other Universe; only this war might be lost if they don't act.